Shoe-shining machine.



W. M. REASON.

SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, |911.

1,147,816. Patented July 27, 1915.

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w. M. REASON. SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. I9I I.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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SHOE-SI-IINING MACHINE.

Application led September 5, 1911.

certain new vand useful ImprovementsV in Shoe-Shining Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being-had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to shoe shining machines and more especially to an arrangement thereof whereby .the `process of dressing a shoe is automatically performed by means which are simple, effective andpositive in action.

The invention consists of the matters hereinafter set forth, andy more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view partially in side elevation, `andpartially in section, of a shoe dressing machine that embodies features of the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view, partially in section of the machine; and Fig. 3 is a view partially in elevation and partially in transverse section of the machine.

Referring to the drawings, a substantially rectangular casing 1 of suitable design and material, forms a'platform with a seat 2 thereon for the user and a pair of depending bracket pedals 3 in front of the seat-and below an opening in the casing top 4 from which they are suspended.

A carriage 5 is longitudinally reciprocable in the casing on suitable guides 6. A motor 7 mounted on the carriage has a main shaft 8 operating a gear train consisting of a gear 9 intermediate gear 24 and follower pinion 11, and a gear train comprising a gear 10 and follower pinion 14. The follower pinion 11 of the forward train is rotatable on a worm shaft 12 unless locked to rotate the latter by means of a clutch 13. Similarly `a follower pinion 14 of thetrain 10 is rotatable on thenworm shaft unless locked thereto by the clutch 13 in which instance the worm shaft is driven in opposite direction. A worm 15 on said shaft meshes with a worm wheel `16 having screwthreaded engagement with a: shaft '17 mounted in the casing 1 parallel to the guides 6. It 1s to be understood that suitable provision to prevent endwise movement of the worm wheel relative to the carriage is provided, as for example, by a suitable thrust bearings, not shown.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented uly 2'?, 1915.l

serial No. 647,568.

An upright spindle 18 on the carriage 5 between the bracket pedals 3 extends from a spider 19 having horizontally journaled idler rolls 20. A friction drive shaft 21 is journaled at one end in a suitable bearing 22 of the spider and also in an outboard bearing 23 on the carriage. The gear 24 operates this shaft from the motor main shaft. A friction disk 25 is journaled on the spindle 18 to ride on the idlers 2O and a friction vdrive pulley 26 secured to the shaft 2 1, the disk being designed to clear the shaft 21 and the driving connection of the latter. A turntable V.27 is journaled on the spindle 18 above and in parallel relation to thefriction disk 25 and below the bracket pedals 3. A pair of cleaning brushes 28 are mounted on upright shafts 29 rotatable in bearing sleeves 30 whose lower portions are reciprocable in suitable ways on a guide plate 31 on the turn-table, suitably disposed springs yieldingly holding the brushes together. Flexible shafts 33 couple the lower portions of theupright shafts 29 with an arbor indicated at 34 of a friction roll 35 that is mounted in a hanger 36 to travel in rolling contact with the upper face of the disk 25. This pair of brushes is disposed in the turntable so that when the latter is in initial position they are in substantial alinement with and in front of one of the pedals 3. At this time also a spring latch 37 pivoted on the carriage 5 is adjacent to a notch 38 in the margin of the turn-table so that as' soon as the carriage moves rearwardly away from a trip or detent 39 vmounted on the casing 1, said latch will engage the notch and hold the table against turning.

A pair of filler brushes 40 are mounted in yielding contact in a guide block 41 on the turn-table, and are driven similarly to the cleaning rolls 28 through flexible shafts 42 and a friction roll 43 in operative contact with the plate 25. A third pair of brushes 44 for applying blacking, are likewise mounted on a block 45 and are driven through similar connections from the disk 25. A fourth pair of brushes 46, mounted in a slide block on the turn-table are like wise operated from the disk 25 through connections corresponding to those of the other brushes. The pairs of brushes are so disposed in relation to each other that rotation of the turn-table until checked by the engagement of the latch 37 with properly spaced notches 47 on the table brings them successively in front of and in alinement the worm shaft 12 and movement in theother way securing the pinion 14 to said shaft. Vhen the lever has been thrown to cause the carriage to move in one direction and it approaches the limit of motion in that direction, said lever is brought into contact with a suitably disposed stop 49 on the casing which swings the lever and moves the clutch out of engagement with one pinion and into engagement with the other, thus reversing the motion of the carriage. A similar stop 50 performs the same office when the carriage reaches the opposite limit of its reciprocation. The momentum of the parts is suficient to carry the clutch and the lever that shifts it, through the neutral position.

A horizontal shaft 51 is journaled across the casing in bearings 52 that are reciprocable in upright ways 53 of suitable brackets 54 on the carriage, a spring 55 properly disposed in each bracket holding the'shaft bearings normally at the lower ends of the ways. A pair of cylindrical brushes 56 each in substantial alinement with a pedal 3 when in initial position, are secured on a sleeve 57 reciprocable on and rotatable with the shaft 51. A spring 58 around the shaft in compression between the end of the sleeve 57 and one of the bracket bearings 52 normally holds the sleeve with the brushes 56 alined with the pedals. These brushes 56 are used for cleaning and applying dressing to a shoe carried under them by the forward movement of the pedals 3. A polishing brush 59 on the sleeve 57 adjacent each cleaning brush 56, is moved into alinement with its pedal when the carriage has gone forward and the turn-table is rotated to bring a stop 60 thereon into engagement with a shifting finger 61 supported by the shaft 51 and operatively connected to but held in any suitable manner against rotating with the sleeve 57 to move the same along its shaft and hold it in the position to which it is moved until the further rotation of the table releases the finger. The shaft 51 is conveniently driven from the transverse shaft 21, as by pairs of bevel gears 62 and a shaft 63.

The brushes 40 are supplied with a ller by an appropriate mechanism not claimed or described herein, the brushes 44 are likewise furnished with blacking by appropriate means that do not form a part of this in vention, and as before stated, the brushes 56 are likewise supplied with filler and blacking.

In operation, the user places his feet upon the pedals, the brushes being in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the motor is started ing the turn-table so that the rotating frick Y tion disk 25 drives the friction roll 35 and rotates the brushesr28, simultaneously, of

course, turning the brushes 40, 44 and 46` which, however, are not in operative relation to the pedal. The brushes 28 clean the sides and heel of the shoe on the adjacent pedal 3, the toe of the shoe underrunning the horizontal brush 56. As the carriage reaches its backward limit of motion the shifting lever encounters the stop on the casing and reverses the' clutch. As the carriage reaches its initial position the latch 37 is drawn out of the turn-table notch and the friction disk 25 draws the turn-table around with it until the brushes 28 are in line with the second pedal 3 and the brushes 40 with the first pedal 3. This turning movement takes place just prior to the shifting of the clutch and the reversal of movement of the carriage, the stop 39 for the latch being accurately positioned relative to the pin 50 to release the turn-table at just the proper moment relative to the moment of reversal. Thereafter the movement of the carriage is repeated, Yuntil the polishing brushes are in line with the pedals at which point the rotation of the turn-table and the engagementof the lug 60v with the arm 61 has forced the sleeve on the shaft of the horizontal brushes over and brought the toe polishing brushes in linejwith the pedal. As long as the turn-table is locked thefriction disk operates the brushes and when the turn-table is released the friction disk swings it around without driving the brushes, as the turn-table rotates more'easily than do the several shafts and the flexible connections of the brush mechanism. n

One feature of the invention is the compactness and simplicity of the brush driving and carriage movingv mechanism which when once adjusted and properly Ntimed needs no further attention. While the friction drive is preferable as it is comparatively noiselessand is a safeguard against any possible injury to the user, gears Vmay be substituted if desired and other changes in the details made.

Obviously changes in the arrangement and details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and I do not care to limit myself to any specific form of arrangement of parts.

1. In a shoe shining machine, `a casing having a pair of stationary pedals, pairs of rotatable brushes in substantially the plane of the pedals revoluble on a common axis and reciprocable past the pedals, the brushes passing on both sides thereof when reciprocated means adapted to alternately rotate the brushes on their several axes and revolve the pairs on the common axis and means to reciprocate the pairs `past the pedals alternately with the motion of revolution.

2. In a shoe machine, a pair of stationary pedals, sets of rotatable brushes in substantially the plane of the pedals, means for revolving the pairs of brushes around the pedals, means for driving the revolving means adapted to rotate lthe brushes on their several axes when the revolving means is stationary and `means to reciprocate the pairs past the pedals alternately with the motion of revolution. p

3. In a shoe shining machine, a pair of stationary pedals, sets of rotatable brushes revoluble around the pedals, means for revolving the sets of brushes around the pedals, means for rotating the brushes on their aXes, means for reciprocating each set of brushes past a pedal and means for intermittently arresting the revolutions of the brush sets.

4. In a shoe shining machine, a casing having a pair of stationary pedals, a carriage reciprocable in the easing past the pedals, a turn-table intermittently rotatable on the carriage, pairs of rotatable brushes on the turn-table adapted to be brought into longitudinal alinement with the pedals by the rotation of the turn-table, means on the carriage for driving the turn-table and rotating the brushes when the turn-table is stationary, and means for reciprocating the carriage in the casing, each pair of brushes embracing the pedals during the reciprocation of the pair.

5. In a shoe shining machine, a casing having a pair of stationary pedals, a carriage reciprocable in the casing past the pedals, a friction disk rotatable on the carriage in a vertical axis below the pedals, a

turn-table rotatable on the same aXis above the disk, means for intermittently checking the rotation of the table pairs of rolls rotatable on Vertical axes on the turn-table in substantially the plane of the pedals and friction rolls journaled on the turntable in rolling contact with the disk and operatively connected to each brush to rotate the latter.

6. In a shoe shining machine, a casing having a pair of stationary pedals, a carriage reciprooable in the casing, a motor on the carriage, driving mechanism operated by the motor for reciprocating the carriage, a friction disk rotatable on the carriage on an axis transverse to its path of motion driven by the motor, a turn-table rotatable on the carriage parallel to the friction disk, friction rolls journaled on the turnftable in Contact with the disk, pairs of upright shafts yieldingly mounted on the turn-table, each shaft being driven by one of said friction rolls, a brush on each shaft, means yieldingly forcing the brushes of each pair together, means adapted to lock the turn-table from turning when the carriage is reciprocating, and means for tripping the table locking means when the carriage is in initial position.

7. In a shoe shining machine, a casing having a pair of stationary pedals, pairs of rotatable brushes, an intermittently rotatable brush support adapted to revolve the brushes around the pedals, means for rotating the brush support, means adapted to rotate the brushes when the support is held against rotation, and means for reciprocating the support.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VALTER M. REASON.

Witnesses:

(l1-IAS. W. STANFIGGER, G. E. MCGRANN.

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Washington, D. C. 

